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A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide To Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part II: Distribution Fees and Back-End

  Yesterday we looked at some of the ways that the costs of producing a feature film are higher and more complicated than they might seem.  Today, some additional obstacles that lie between any movie and profitability. &n...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 9/16/12

  Paul W.S. Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson share the glory. OPENINGS:  W.S. Anderson’s RESIDENT EVIL:  RETRIBUTION (Screen Gems/Sony) took the weekend, but its $21.1M haul is the lowest the series has seen in a ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS September 23-25

> This weekend is looking unusually strong for late September: the top 12 films should gross over $100 million, about 14% above a normal weekend this time of year.  The strong 3D reissue of The Lion King should remain at #...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE REPORT – 11/2/12

  The weekend looks bright for a couple of the new openings.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, WRECK-IT RALPH (Disney) had a $13.5M opening day, on its way to a $50M weekend.  If those numbers hold, the week...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/14/12

  ICE AGE:  CONTINENTAL DRIFT (20th) continued with its underwhelming opening on Saturday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline.   The 4th in the animated series had no Saturday matinee bump, holding at $16.5M f...
by Mitch Salem
 
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A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide to Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part I: Budget

  Let’s start with something simple:  anyone who claims to have reliable knowledge about the profitability of a specific film, without having detailed access to its production budgets, financing documents and key ta...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’S BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 9/21/12

  Nearly identical opening numbers for 3 new movies mean different things. OPENINGS:  Thanks to its older audience, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE (Warners) may end up winning the weekend, and certainly having the highest overall...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: THURSDAY Ratings September 22

> Thursday night is off and running, and the highest rated show on the night is Big Bang Theory on CBS with a 4.9 Adult 18-49 rating (4.8 the first half hour and a 5.0 from 8:30-9:00).  The highly anticipated Person of Int...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 7/15/12

  Everyone enjoys a quiet weekend before the Bat-attack begins at 12:01AM Thursday night. OPENINGS:  The important number for ICE AGE:  CONTINENTAL DRIFT (20th) isn’t the $46M US opening (the lowest of the franchis...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/19/12

  A lot of product made for a decent weekend total, but none of the new films fared particularly well. OPENINGS:  THE EXPENDABLES 2 (Lionsgate) opened 20% behind its predecessor, when sequels usually open bigger (and the...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 9/22/12

  This weekend’s boxoffice is something like a dead heat in a $5000 claiming race at a second-rate track.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE (Warners), END OF WATCH (Open Road) and...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: FRIDAY September 23 Results

> CBS won the first Friday night of the season with a low 1.7 Adult 18-49 rating.  It really was a costly victory as they threw three scripted dramas on the air, a very expensive proposition for a rating well below a 2.&nb...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS July 20-22: Dark Knight Rises Should Be #2 Opening of All Time

Weekend #29 of 2012 looks like what last weekend should have been: $272 million for the top 12 films, up 50% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 67% from the four-year average for the weekend. Opening at 4,404 thea...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/26/12

  The yummiest weekend of the year for right-wing propagandists. OPENINGS:  2016:  OBAMA’S AMERICA (Rocky Mountain) drew its core audience to the tune of $6.2M, which gave it a return in the same neighborhood as re...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY’S BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 9/23/12

  This weekend’s boxoffice wasn’t so much a case of multiple winners as none at all. OPENINGS:  The closest thing to a victor was END OF WATCH (Open Road), which did about what one might have expected with a p...
by Mitch Salem
 
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